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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The effective tax rates of 26.9% and 28.7% for the three and six months ended March 30, 2013 and 28.9% and 30.1% for the three and six months ended March 31, 2012 are lower than would be expected by applying the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to earnings before income taxes primarily as a result of a significant portion of our earnings that come from foreign operations with lower tax rates. In addition, the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 30, 2013 is lower due to the inclusion of a catch up adjustment for research and development tax credits mostly associated with 2012 following recently enacted legislation.